What live music are you going to see tonight?

[BFrank]

Saw Patti Smith at the Fillmore tonight. I've seen her a lot and this show was more understated than any I've seen before. Don't get me wrong, she rocked out on a number of tunes, but they were mostly few and far between.

Lenny played his usual mid-show "Nuggets" set, including "We Ain't Got Nothing Yet" and "Pushin' Too Hard".

[jlhoots]

Aimee Mann

[A Lark Ascending]

The Kate Williams Septet in Sheffield (not in a tent!).

Kate Williams (p) Gareth Lockrane (flutes) Steve Fishwick (t) Ben Somers (ts) Julian Siegel (ts, ss, bcl) Oli Hayhurst (b), Tristan Mailliot (d)

Excellent evening of Kate's compositions and arrangements from a crack British team. Apparently she's John William's daughter (the guitarist).

Edited October 13, 2012 by A Lark Ascending

[BFrank]

Sunday:

Danilo Pérez piano

Ben Street bass

Adam Cruz drums

[jlhoots]

Joshua Breakstone Trio

[Tom 1960]

Tonight I'll be seeing Kenny Barron perform solo at a place called the Doctorow Center For the Arts in Hunter, New York. Time 8 PM. Can't wait!

[sidewinder]

The Kate Williams Septet in Sheffield (not in a tent!).

Lucky man ! They were playing locally to me last week but unfortunately I missed it.

Isn't that Swananage Tent No. 2?

[A Lark Ascending]

The Kate Williams Septet in Sheffield (not in a tent!).

Lucky man ! They were playing locally to me last week but unfortunately I missed it.

Isn't that Swananage Tent No. 2?

Probably - the chap who introduced them last night described their gig at Swanage as his highlight of the festival. Wish I could get to Swanage. A few years time when I retire I'll hopefully be able to get there ( hopefully from Cornwall!).

[Tom 1960]

Tonight I'll be seeing Kenny Barron perform solo at a place called the Doctorow Center For the Arts in Hunter, New York. Time 8 PM. Can't wait!

Kenny put on a fine show in front of an audience of 100 people last night. I was quite surprised by the large number in attendence being there was very little publicity AFAIK and the fact the town is quite small. The town however does thrive during the winter season because of it's ski resorts. Back to Kenny. I don't how old Kenny is these days? But being there up in years certainly hasn't had much effect on his playing. He was great to watch especially from my aisle seat which was just to the left of Kenny, so I could actually see him perform. Also worth mentioning, there was a post concert reception next door with free champagne which was different. Kenny was there in a private room in back and I was able to slip back with the help of an industry friend who've I've managed to develope a friendship over the past year or so and got to chat briefly with Kenny and had him sign my cd. Definitely a great time was had.

[BillF]

[jlhoots]

Eddie Daniels / Roger Kellaway

[kh1958]

Attending a seminar in New York gave me the opportunity to hear some live music, and this turned out to be a very good visit.

Wednesday, October 10: To the 55 Bar to hear the Mike Stern Quartet, with Bob Franceschini on tenor sax. Both sets were terrific.

Thursday, October 11: Thanks to an iPhone App which told me where to go, I was able to find via subway and walking a place called Terraza 7 in Queens, where I heard the fantastic Magos Herrera group, featuring Mike Moreno on guitar and Alex Kautz on drums. This is a small triangular shaped bar which has a second floor terrace where the band appears; Magos performed one set, singing a selection of songs from her last two CDs, Distancia and Azul.

Friday, October 12: To the Jazz Standard to hear Edmar Castaneda for two sets. A group consisting of Columbian harp, flute and drums sounds like it would be kind of precious, but in fact the driving swing of this group was quite incredible. My second time to hear Edmar Castaneda live, who adopts the Columbian harp to jazz. He's an amazing musician.

Saturday, October 13: To the Cornelia Street Cafe, to hear the Rez Abassi trio. I wasn't too familiar with this Pakistani jazz guitarist, but pretty quickly became a fan in the course of two sets.

Sunday, October 14: To Drom, where I heard the Chico Hamilton group. I had previously heard Chico live about 15 years ago, and he was still in full command of his drums at that point. This was a little sad, because he is fairly feeble at this point (he's 91). Chico only played about the first 20 or 30 minutes of the concert before allowing his protege (Jeremy Carlstedt) to take over on drums. Nonetheless, it was a very enjoyable concert; Chico's group is very good, with an incredible bass player (Paul Ramsey), and featuring Evan Schwam on saxophones, plus flute (Mayu Saeki) and guitar (Nick Demopoulos).

Edited October 16, 2012 by kh1958

[medjuck]

Off to see Dr. John and the Blind Boys of Alabama. Not sure if they're going to play together.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Pianist Ray Santisi is playing at the Sahara Jazz Club in Methuen, MA tonight. I want to go, after all, how many more chances do you get to see someone who played with Charlie Parker perform? Unfortunately, the last time I saw Ray (with Charlie Mariano in Cambridge), he was pretty bad, playing some sort of "doo wah" setting on his electric piano.

[Steve Reynolds]

took in the John Hebert Byzantine Monkey on Sunday afternoon which is:

John Hebert :: bass

Tony Malaby :: tenor & soprano saxophones

Michael Attias :: alto & baritone saxophones

Satoshi Takeishi :: drums

glad my wife and I were also able to hear a bit of the "sit in" which wa smostly John and Tony talking about their time @ William Paterson and what it did for him. Especially interesting to hear Malaby talk about 'filling holes' in his playing by playing with the 'bebop' guys like Alexander, Potter, Redman during and after - specifically mentioning a Wed night Mingus big band gig in the 90's where he was in a tenor chair often next to Potter and Redman.

Of course he can almost do what they do, but damn he knows and anyone else who really listens knows that as time went on and he expanded his horizons more and more, that maybe *nobody* can play and od what the *great* Tony Malaby can do...

good 70 minute set with my only quaibbles being that hebert's approach is sometimes a bit too cool and sometimes a bit too cute - one nice tune I think called "The Climb" alternated short solos with Malaby on tenor and Attias on alto that took any chance of real climxes being reached - then a couple of the tune stowrds the middle were somewhat sleepy with Malaby on a restrained soprano with Attias only hinting at his true range/capabilities on both of his horns.

then they played something called 'Chow Monkey', I think and then for 10 minutes or so gave a glimpse of what the band is capabale of - Malaby blew minds, hearts and introduced himslef to some in the crowd as one of the true masters - no reason they don't hit that level for at least 30 - 40 minutes of the show - too cool and smooth for confort that a band has only 1 tune(another was near it in intensity) where a band creates true visceral exciting music.

Not many bands can be that great - so why only go for it on one tune out of 6 or 7??

reminded me of Hebert's take on Mingus that I saw last year with Berne, Bynum, Hersch and Ches Smith - nice but NOWHERE near what it could have been - he seemingly won't wade in deep enough to really let it rip.

[Utevsky]

Tonight at the Earshot Jazz Festival, a double bill. The Vijay Iyer Trio and Cuong Vu, with a new (?) group called Triggerfish.

[jlhoots]

Buster Williams Qt.(Patrice Rushen, Mark Gross, Ndugu Chancler)

[kh1958]

Buster Williams Qt.(Patrice Rushen, Mark Gross, Ndugu Chancler)

Mark Gross hasn't recorded very much (his new CD comes out next month), but you are in for a treat hearing him.

[A Lark Ascending]

Christine Tobin touring her Sailing to Byzantium Yeats project.

Just 30 or so people in the audience yet the band played their hearts out.

The album is one of my favourites of the year - really well written songs based on the poems.

A sad response for a singer who has consistently tried to add to the repertoire rather than always lean on standards.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

CANDIDO ALL STARS incl. pete escovedo. it was incredible

[sidewinder]

Christine Tobin touring her Sailing to Byzantium Yeats project.

Just 30 or so people in the audience yet the band played their hearts out.

The album is one of my favourites of the year - really well written songs based on the poems.

A sad response for a singer who has consistently tried to add to the repertoire rather than always lean on standards.

Damn - that's a shame. A project/talent deserving of much greater support. Instead, the masses all stay in and watch 'Strictly' etc.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Candido again

[A Lark Ascending]

Christine Tobin touring her Sailing to Byzantium Yeats project.

Just 30 or so people in the audience yet the band played their hearts out.

The album is one of my favourites of the year - really well written songs based on the poems.

A sad response for a singer who has consistently tried to add to the repertoire rather than always lean on standards.

Damn - that's a shame. A project/talent deserving of much greater support. Instead, the masses all stay in and watch 'Strictly' etc.

Apparently Soweto Kinch was also in town so the Nottingham jazz audience got split. Hopefully the following night in Sheffield got a better turnout. Only Gardeners' World to compete with on a Friday.

[sidewinder]

Apparently Soweto Kinch was also in town so the Nottingham jazz audience got split. Hopefully the following night in Sheffield got a better turnout. Only Gardeners' World to compete with on a Friday.

I know what you mean - famine followed by deluge. Next Friday I've got the dillema of either Simon Spillett/Karen Sharpe Quintet in Ilminster or the Westbrook Big Band at Barnstaple. Which to go for?

[king ubu]

Anyone else planning to attend the Yusef Lateef/Archie Shepp concert in Ludwigshafen on November 10?

Got tickets for Niko and myself - at the very end of the hall, on the balcony, I'm afraid ... some better seats turned up as free that were all purportedly sold when I booked, but anyway, I'm looking forward a lot! The rhythm section announced is: Mulgrew Miller, Reggie Workman, Hamid Drake. I've seen those three in other settings, but on paper, this all looks like an excellent band (and one to fit with Shepp, too, whom I've never seen live ... guess I'd have preferred catching him in the mid sixties, but even if I catch him live, I won't need to buy any of his boring albums of the more recent decades, will I? )

Anyone caught Lateef lately? He's old, so I am a bit worried ... but then I couldn't forgive myself for not having caught him live at all! (I should have gone to Cully in 2007, where he played with the Belmondo brothers, presenting their double disc release - great disc, great concert, Lateef in fine shape back then, but at this age, four years may change a lot.)